Wow, it's goodbye to SE Asia! Here I am in Israel! At 2:20am on April 22nd, we got up to go to the airport, with a six am flight to Tel Aviv from Bangkok. We took off and made a stop in Kiev, Ukraine, of all places. Then after a few hours in the airport, we had our final flight to Israel. We got off in Tel Aviv and everything was going fine until the baggage belt. First my suitcase came, but then my mom's didn't come. We found that it had been put on the flight immediately before ours in Kiev and shipped off to some other city in the Ukraine. It was fine though, and we got it in a few days, so.... no harm done.
We went to the apartment of our old friend, Yali and her partner Moshe, and of course, how could we forget the dogs, Bambi and Sandy. The first few days there was spent pretty much chillin' but then I went with them down to the desert for a few days. My mom didn't come, as she was busy with work, but I still went. The place we went was at the site of the worlds largest crater and the tent structure we stayed in was at the top rim of the crater and had an excellent view. That afternoon we went on a short hike before dinner, and also I had a special coffee drink that had special chocolate in it.
The next day some friends of Yali came down and joined us and we all went on long hike. The hike took us through a small canyon and through the desert hills. It was exausting but memorable and after the hike I got another coffee drink. Later on we all made dinner at the camp area. The next day we went on another hike and I climbed up a small mountain with a friend of Yali's. We ended up walking for quite a while and were off the beaten track too. Later on, after the hike we headed back. It was a good little side trip.
